Testing men who have sex with men for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis prior to the introduction of guidelines at an STD clinic in Melbourne

Sexual Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Lister, N A ^a   Smith, A ^b   Read, T ^c   Fairley, C K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhoea; MSM; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECTUM DISEASE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 2942602289     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH03005     Document Type: Article

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